Montana Wool Prices Rise This Season For 1928 Clip
Buyers are active in Beaverhead Powell Deer Lodge and Chateau as Montana wool contracts reach 8 to 10 percent of the 1928 clip at 40 to 41 cents a pound. Eastern buyers pay the highest prices, with substantial portions already contracted. Last year’s prices hovered around 35 to 37 cents. Expected total contracted may reach about 2,250,000 pounds, signaling a strong season for flockmasters.
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Montana
United States
Dillon
Selway Sheep Company
Deer Lodge
Scotty Brown
Missoula
Silberman & Sons
Chicago
Nels Nelson
Silberman
Powell County
Beaverhead
Federal Judge rules Anaconda not infringing Metals Recovery patent
In Helena on January 31, Federal Judge George M. Bourquin ruled that Anaconda Copper Mining Co. did not infringe Metals Recovery Co. patents in its ore flotation. The decision doubts Perkins patent validity and finds xanthate predated the patent, affecting the dispute over reagents used in flotation. The ruling impacts the mining industry and royalty arrangements with Minerals Separation patents.
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Helena
West
George M. Bourquin
United States District Court
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Metals Recovery Company
Perkins
Anaconda Company
Bourquin
Metals Recovery Company of New York
Minerals Separation Company
Schoolboy Depositions Highlight Hickman Sanity Trial
Defense attorneys at the Hickman sanity trial presented Kansas City schoolmates who described William Edward Hickman as peculiar and morose during high school. Some said his behavior changed after Marian Parker's kidnapping and death, while others claimed he remained sane and able to distinguish right from wrong.
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Associated Press
Hall OF Justice
Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman
Hicckman
Kansas City
James Costello
Hickman
Marian Parker
Eva Hickman
Arkansas
H. P. Ruth
First Ram Runner airplane is sold
Antonio Navratil of Santa Fe paid $1,225 for the first liquor laden airplane seized and sold in New Mexico at Roswell. The sale was arranged by W. W. Carpenter deputy collector of customs at the El Paso port. Prohibition Officer Howard Beacham fired two bullets into the plane during a take off attempt, one hitting the gasoline tank and the other the motor cylinder. Miss Juanita McDaniels aided in the capture.
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Associated Press
Roswell
N. M
Antonio Navratil
Santa Fe
New Mexico
W. W. Carpenter
el Paso
Howard Beacham
Juanita McDaniels
Customs Service
Senate Votes 10 Maintain Strong Merchant Fleet
The Senate approved a Jones bill to indefinitely continue government operation of the merchant marine by a 53 to 31 vote. Debate stretched all day as opponents offered amendments, while the chamber also set the McNary reforestation bill and prepared to consider the $399 million Army supply bill in the House.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
McNary
Nica
Lindbergh Lands in Virgin Islands After Caribbean Hop
A 21 gun salute welcomed Col. Charles A. Lindbergh as he completed another leg of his goodwill tour landing at a golf course west of St. Thomas. About 2,000 people cheered into the 10 hour 15 minute flight from Caracas. Rain limited the crowd but sun broke through as the Spirit of St. Louis touched down before more aviators and officials.
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Associated Press
Thomas
Virgin Islands
Virgin Islanders
Charles A. Lindbergh
Golf
Caracas
Venezuela
Spirit of St. Louis
Divorce rise and marriage drop in Butte and Silver Bow
Figures from J F Driscoll clerk of the district court show January 1928 had 39 marriages and 41 divorces or annulments. Compared with January 1927 there were 12 more divorces and 19 fewer licenses. Only one of 39 licenses went to a woman. most new divorces were filed by women.
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Butte
Silver Bow
J. F. Driscoll
District Court
Phonograph and Picture Broadcasts Reach Metro Area
In Newark on January 31 WOR broadcast a phonograph recording of Colonel Lindbergh and President Coolidge with their faces. The same day a picture broadcast from WOR echoed WEAF methods, marking a likely first transfer of a face to a phonograph record.
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Associated Press
Newark
N. J
Lindbergh
President Coolidge
WOR
WEAF
Walker
Montana wool leads market surge with 40 cent gains
Montana wool prices rise across the state as buyers break a deadlock. Major sales include 41 cent clips from Dillon and Deer Lodge and a 7 000 fleece contract at 65 000 pounds via Silberman & Sons. Beaverhead Powell and surrounding counties report heavy purchases.
Death by Own Action Attributed to Murder Confession
The decapitated body of Jefferson Kirkpatrick, a black man, was found beside Burlington tracks near Kleeburn, Sheridan County, Wyoming. A letter he left claimed he formerly used the name George Smith in Omaha and said he killed a man in Nashville, Tennessee while trying to collect money, with a woman named Josephine Blackwell named as a former Omaha resident.
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Associated Press
Sheridan
Wyo
Jefferson Kirkpatrick
Burlington
Kleeburn
Here
Kirkpatrick
George Smith
Omaha
Nashville
Tenn
Josephine Blackwell
R Street
Vocational conference half way mark in Bozeman
The annual Young Men's Vocational conference in Bozeman reaches halfway with 1,271 registered from 400 plus high schools in 11 states. Stock judging incomplete due to many competitors. results to be announced tomorrow night. Delegates heard talks by Montana State College coaches and university professors on education, psychology, and vocation guidance.
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Associated Press
Bozeman
Mont
G Ott Romney
Montana State College
Neil Gordon
Journal of Chemical Education
Donald G. Patterson
University of Minnesota
Victor Malstrom
Tacoma
Parent-Teacher Congress
H. D. Williams
Chicago
W. M. Proctor
Leland Stanford University
State College
Institute of Vocational Guidance
America opposes Russian bond sale to funds railways
Washington January 31. The United States rejects Soviet Russia attempt to float part of a bond issue in the United States. The government insists Russia must meet international obligations and recognize her debt to the United States before any financing through American bankers can be sanctioned.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Kidnapped boy surrenders ruse in San Diego post office
Nathan Sherman of Alhambra, California, aged reportedly 14, admitted writing his own ransom letter and demanded 200 from his parents. He had run away after spending his money and was later held by San Diego authorities after calling at the post office for the payoff.
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Alhambra
Cal
Nathan, Sherman
San Diego
Percy
Hugh Jennings Dies, Noted Baseball Star of Early Era
Hugh Ambrose Jennings, famed baseball leader, dies at 1 15 am in Scranton Pa after a grave illness. He captained the Baltimore Orioles in 1894 95 96 led the Detroit Tigers to pennants and later served as assistant to John J McGraw with the New York Giants.
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Iessa
Hugh Ambrose Jennings
Scranton
Baltimore Orioles
Detroit
John Mee-Graw
Giants
Jennings
Catholic Schools Honor Rolls Highlight Local Students
The city’s Catholic high schools report 108 Butte students on honor rolls for the first semester. School leaders stress that honor rolls reflect effort and school spirit, not just grades, with criteria set by Brother McCarthy and Sister Leo. Senior and junior girls named include Dorothy Sullivan Evelyn Phillips Mary Dwyer Mary Alice Murphy Mary Boland and others as the list continues on Page 14.
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Butte
Ernest
Central High School
Sister Leo
Dorothy Sullivan
Evelyn Phillips
Mary Dwyer
Mary Alice Murphy
Mary Boland
Mary McNeill
Ev , Metzinger
Elsie Morris
Florence Mack Veronica Powers
Phyllis Haag
Mary Fleming
Mary Sullivan
Elva Remy
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Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Zion City
Ill
Voliva
Europe
Palestine
Powell
Chateau
Delaware
Sen.t
Coleman du Pont
du Pont
Irvington-on-the-Hudson
N.Y
Utah Copper Company
Lindy
Virgin Ilands
Haiti
Columbus
Powell and
Chouteau Counties
America
Hughie Jennings
Roy
Kanthate
Christian Brothers and Central
Brother McCarthy
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